Amendments to Rules

Virginia is amending its Circuit court rules effective July 1, 2009. Amended rules are 4:5 Depositions Upon Oral Examination. 4:9 Production by Parties of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things; Entry on Land for Inspection and Other Purposes; Production at Trial. 5:7B Petition for a Writ of Actual Innocence. 8:3 Contents of Petitions in Certain Proceedings. To see how … Read more

The United States District Court for the Central District of California adopted amended Local Civil Rules 11-3.8, 83-2.3 and 83-2.8, effective April 1, 2009 and Local Civil Rules 8-3 and 73-2.4.1 effective February 16, 2009. The Central District also posted new Local Civil Rules 73-2.4.1.1 and 73-3 effective February 16, 2009. The full text of … Read more

Proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil and Criminal Procedure, including Civil Rules 26 and 56 have been posted. The comment period has passed. For more information please see http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules1.htm.

Effective December 1, 2009, there will be time computation and other amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For a full description of the changes, please see the following posts from the SmartRules Blog: Computation of Time and Calculating Deadlines: Changes to Federal Rules Effective December 1, 2009 Non-Time-Computation Amendments to Federal Rules of … Read more

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California posted a notice on their website concerning the recent revisions to their Local Rules. Civil Local Rule 77-3 is effective as of February 17, 2009. Civil Local Rule 3-2 and 5-1 are effective as of March 17, 2009 but are not implemented at this … Read more

The United States District Court for the Central District of California has adopted amended Local Civil Rules 11-3.8, 83-2.3 and 83-2.8, effective April 1, 2009 and Local Civil Rules 8-3 and 73-2.4.1 effective February 16, 2009. The Central District also has posted new Local Civil Rules 73-2.4.1.1 and 73-3 effective February 16, 2009. The full … Read more

Proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil and Criminal Procedure, including Civil Rules 26 and 56 have been posted. The comment period has passed. For more information please see http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/newrules1.htm.

Supreme Court of Illinois has announce that Rule 39 of Illinois Supreme Court has been amended on April 23, 2009 and will go into effect on July 1, 2009. Following is the new text of amended rule 39. Rule 39. Appointment of Associate Judges (a) Terms. (1) The terms of all associate judges in office … Read more

United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia Proposed Amendments to Local Rules The Electronic Case Filing Policies and Procedures manual has been amended pursuant to Local Civil Rule 1 and Local Criminal Rule 1 to provide for electronic filing of transcripts of proceedings. Therefore, the present amendments to Local Civil Rule 80 and Local … Read more